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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Who Gets Manic-Depressive Illness?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the assistant professor of psychiatry at McLean Hospital at Harvard medical school?
(a) Dr. Frederick M. Wolverton.
(b) Dr. Sanjay D. Deepak.
(c) Dr. Anthony J. Rothschild.
(d) Dr. Sarah M. Wilkinson.

2. Like manic-depressive illness, _______ usually begins late in adolescence and early adulthood and shares similar full-blown psychotic symptoms.
(a) Cyclythymes.
(b) Borderline personality disorder.
(c) Unipolar depression.
(d) Schizophrenia.

3. Who is the 38-year-old woman mentioned in Chapter 2 who moved nine times in three years and consistently changed careers?
(a) Sara.
(b) Emily.
(c) Melissa.
(d) Lisa.

4. How many genes does a person have?
(a) 100,000-200,000.
(b) 150,000-200,000.
(c) 50,000-100,000.
(d) 25,000-50,000.

5. For the past year, Dr. McKnew has been treating two four-year-olds whom he diagnosed having manic-depression with what?
(a) Lithium.
(b) Electroshock.
(c) Anti-depressants.
(d) Therapy.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Patty was about 12, where was her mother living?

2. What kind of hat did Patty's father almost always wear?

3. What is the name of the cemetery which Patty passed going to visit her mother where she always had panic attacks?

4. Who is the Armenian-born psychiatrist dedicated to studying personality and mood disorders who is referred to in Chapter 2?

5. What is Patty's brother's name?

(see the answer key)

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